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N0. 77,531. Patented May 5,1868.

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A. Q oss, oreLn'vss 01110-1 Letters Patent No. 77,531; dated Meg 5, 18 68.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-STEP SCREEN,

6th: firtehul referral: is in than gems Wantzmh makintttfl iii '11:: same To ALL WHOM IT MAY concerns:

Be it known that I, A'. 'Q. Rossyof Gieves, Hamilton county, Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and nseful- Improvements in Cerriage-Step Screens; and do herebydeelarejthetthe'followi ng isa full, clear, and enact descriptionthereof, reference being made to the accompanying drawings; end to the letters'of reference marked thereon. I v I In th'e annexed drawings, forming pnrt of this-specification-- I Figure 1 representsthe side of acsrriage'with the door shut, and

Figure 2 the same with-the door open,

' A represents the door of the 'c arriag'e, B the stepfsreen, which is fastened tothe bottom of the cerriage, by

This screen Bis connected with the door A by meansvof a'hnr, D,;sere wed to the door,jand a; spring, E,on

the screen, with a movable ban-,1, from the ell (lief the spring E to the end of the bar 1). Iii-operates in such a. manner-that when the door of the carriage is shut, the bars and spring mentioned-hold the screen close tothe.

bottom. of the carriage, andiwhen it is opened, the screen fol-is down, excluding from view, from the opposite side, any person entering the carriage.

The screen can also he 'opernted' by a. cord, G,.fastened to the door, and passing through pulleys H H, throngh the side and bottom of the carriage, the other end being fastened to, the screen.

In this case, when the door is opened, thescreen fails dowir of itsown weight, and when it is closed, the cord draws the screen to its place under the bottom of the carriage.

Having thus-fullydesc'ribed myi-nventipn, what I elaim'ss new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The carriage-step screen B, operated bymeans of bars and spring, or cord and pniieys,or by other equivalent manner, by means of the carriagedoor, substantially as and i'or the purposes above set forth.

'A.Q.RO SS. Witnesses;

Geo; W. McGILL, Cnsnnns Ew'me. 

